I've decided I want to dabble in the mystery that is game development, so I thought I would try and make my own little game. I have reasonable understanding of programming in Java (to an academic level) and feel it would be nice to try and make a multiplayer game that runs through a java applet in the players web browser. My main problem is however that I have never encountered the Java 2D API, and was wondering if there are any helpful 2D or even Java Gaming books which would be useful to pick up and have a read through?
The reason i'm so interested in the 2D libraries is that i'm wanting to have a go at making an online multiplayer reincarnation of Cannon Fodder
I don't have any book reccomendations but the API docs for Graphics2D will get you most of the way there. Just be warned that the performance of Swing graphics is abysmal.
vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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